Fiat CR.20
The Fiat CR.20 was an Italian biplane fighter aircraft of the 1920s and early 1930s. It was also exported to various countries in Europe and overseas.
History
The first flight, designed by engineer Celestino Rosatelli hunter took place on 19 June 1926. The machine was an important stage of development of the Fiat CR.32 Cr.1 for Fiat and was powered by a water-cooled V-engine Fiat A.20.
The aircraft was also sold to Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Spain.
Use
Italy put the machine at the start of the Abyssinian war offensively, in the late 1930s, they were only used for training and aerobatic flying. Five or six sold to Paraguay specimens were used in the Chaco War.
Variants
The CR.20bis produced from 1930 differed from the standard model only by a modified suspension. Important variations were the seaplane CR.20 Idro and the CR.20 Asso with a 450 hp motor payable by Isotta Fraschini -.